James Murray

The media frenzy over green taxes ignores the fact that fuel prices will continue to rise regardless, making environmental issues ever more central to firms' decision making

The prospect of recession and a consumer backlash could make for a tough year, but the green business movement is healthy enough to cope

In standing alone in opposition to binding emission cuts President Bush is blowing an historic chance to secure the future of America's booming clean tech industry

Local bans on plastic bags are well meaning but the patchwork approach to green legislation they represent create an almighty headache for businesses

A new study showing that noise pollution can lead to increased stress levels and even heart attacks should ring alarm bells for risk managers

The latest news on the break up of the Arctic ice scheet should focus business minds

The link between web space and energy use is largely ignored, but as the number of blogs continues to grow is it time to address their environmental impact?

Norway's plans to ban the use of words such as "green" and "clean" may be designed to halt the greenwashers, but they there is a danger stifle demand for more efficient vehicles

Major new green strategy documents from the Lib Dems and Tories hint that large scale reforms to environmental policies are finally on the agenda

Over the past few years the IT sector has transformed itself from an industry with the kind of environmental record that made strip mining look pretty conscientious into a champion of green business practices. So what has driven this change, and what does it mean for corporate IT chiefs?

In scrapping plans for a series of programmes on climate change the BBC has displayed a monumnetal lack of nerve

The claims that A-levels are getting easier hide the problem of falling numbers in technical subjects

Criticism of the BBC's plans for a climate change campaign is rooted in the discredited view that there is doubts about the cause of global warming

It is easy for pacifists to condemn the development of an fuel efficient tank, but there is no reason why the defence industry should not embrace green technologies

Polluter pays schemes are great in principle but will only work if the polluter has to pay punitive amounts

The IT giant has been making some interesting clean tech investments of late and could be positioning itself to cash in on the green spending boom

The government likes to think it is leading the fight on climate change but in truth we are lagging far behind our European cousins

The new minister for identity faces a Herculean task sorting out the identity card nightmare

Suggesting software has little impact on the amount of energy used by IT hardware is short sighted and disingenuous

or why media reporting on climate change simply has to improve